Ammonia generator using plasma

Abstract

An ammonia generator using plasma according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plasma reactor that generates a plasma discharge using nitrogen (N 2 ) as a discharge gas, generates hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ) from water (H 2 O) using energy of the plasma, generates nitrogen monoxide (NO) from the oxygen (O 2 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ), and supplies the hydrogen (H 2 ) and the nitrogen monoxide (NO), a first reactor that generates ammonia (NH 3 ) by first action on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the hydrogen (H 2 ) supplied from the plasma reactor, and a second reactor that additionally generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) by second action on a nitrate solution (NO 3 − ) generated in the plasma reactor.

1 . An ammonia generator using plasma, comprising:
 a plasma reactor that generates a plasma discharge using nitrogen (N 2 ) as a discharge gas, generates hydrogen (H 2 ) and oxygen (O 2 ) from water (H 2 O) using energy of the plasma, generates nitrogen monoxide (NO) from the oxygen (O 2 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ), and supplies the hydrogen (H 2 ) and the nitrogen monoxide (NO);   a first reactor that generates ammonia (NH 3 ) by first action on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the hydrogen (H 2 ) supplied from the plasma reactor; and   a second reactor that additionally generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) by second action on a nitrate solution (NO 3   − ) generated in the plasma reactor.   
     
     
         2 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first reactor   is formed as a catalytic reactor that generates ammonia by catalyzing the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the hydrogen (H 2 ).   
     
     
         3 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the second reactor   is formed as an electrochemical cell that additionally directly generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) by electrochemical action on a nitrate solution (NO 3   − ).   
     
     
         4 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the catalytic reactor   is connected to an additional hydrogen line to generate the ammonia (NH 3 ), including additionally introduced hydrogen (H 2 ).   
     
     
         5 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 2 , wherein:
 the plasma reactor and the catalytic reactor   are connected to a heat recovery line to heat water (H 2 O) with heat recovered at each discharge side.   
     
     
         6 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the plasma reactor   is connected to an air separator that separates nitrogen from air and supplies the nitrogen.   
     
     
         7 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the second reactor   is formed as an adsorption catalytic reactor that additionally directly generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ) by adsorption catalytic reduction action on the nitrate solution (NO 3   − ) and the input hydrogen (H 2 ).   
     
     
         8 . An ammonia generator using plasma, comprising:
 a plasma reactor that generates a plasma discharge using air as a discharge gas and generates and supplies nitrogen (N 2 ), nitrogen monoxide (NO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) from the air using energy of the plasma;   a first reactor that generates dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ) with additional oxidation by supplying ozone (O 3 ) generated from the air to the nitrogen monoxide (NO) and the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) supplied from the plasma reactor; and   a second reactor that acts on the nitrogen (N 2 ) and the dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ) generated by the first reactor, and acts on a nitrate solution (NO 3   − ) generated by supplying water (H 2 O) to the nitrogen (N 2 ) and the dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ) to generate ammonia (NH 3 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ).   
     
     
         9 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the first reactor   is formed as an ozone generator.   
     
     
         10 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the second reactor   is formed as an electrochemical cell that generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) by electrochemical action on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the dinitrogen pentoxide (N 2 O 5 ), and the nitrate solution (NO 3   − ).   
     
     
         11 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 8 , wherein:
 the plasma reactor   is connected to a heat recovery line to heat the air with heat recovered at each discharge side.   
     
     
         12 . An ammonia generator using plasma, comprising:
 a plasma reactor that generates a plasma discharge using air as a discharge gas and generates and supplies nitrogen (N 2 ), nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), and oxygen (O 2 ) from the air using energy of the plasma;   a first reactor that removes the oxygen (O 2 ) supplied from the plasma reactor; and   a second reactor that generates ammonia (NH 3 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ) by acting on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) passing through the first reactor.   
     
     
         13 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the first reactor   is formed as an oxygen separator that separates oxygen from the generated nitrogen (N 2 ), nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), and oxygen (O 2 ).   
     
     
         14 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the second reactor   is formed as an electrochemical cell that generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ) by electrochemical action on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ).   
     
     
         15 . The ammonia generator using plasma of  claim 12 , wherein:
 the second reactor   is formed as an adsorption catalytic reactor that generates the ammonia (NH 3 ) and the nitrogen (N 2 ) by adsorption catalytic reduction action on the nitrogen (N 2 ), the nitrogen monoxide (NO), and the nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ).